Michael Garrett Arrested After SWAT Team Dismantles Oklahoma House

The three-day operation concluded Thursday morning on County Road 1530, roughly nine miles east of Rush Springs and about 60 miles from Oklahoma City, theintelligencer.com reported.

Michael Garrett had been the subject of an intensive search after allegedly shooting at Bryan County deputies and a homeowner earlier in the week following a botched burglary.

Tammy Garrett told KOCO she was not surprised by her son’s choice of hiding spot. “It’s his safe place. It’s always. It’s, it’s a safe place,” she said.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol utilized a drone to pinpoint the suspect’s location inside the residence, initiating a tense standoff that stretched for hours. Officers attempted to force a peaceful surrender by issuing repeated orders and deploying gas into the structure.

“We gave him several commands over the course of about six hours. We released gas into the residence, trying to coax him out of the residence to end this peacefully,” said Lt. Mark Southall, public information officer for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Oklahoma manhunt ends with SWAT team dismantling house — KOCO 5 News

When the suspect refused to exit, tactical teams escalated their approach by bringing in heavy machinery. “We made a decision to pull an excavator and start dismantling the house piece by piece, until we finally cornered him where he had nowhere to go,” Southall told KOCO.

Aerial footage captured the moment law enforcement escorted Garrett from the heavily damaged structure after his escape routes were eliminated. Despite the total destruction of the home, Tammy Garrett expressed relief that her son survived the ordeal. “We’re going to keep your son alive. And in that, he did that, you know, and that’s the main thing,” she told KOCO.